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If a sportsman has a Westley Richards' 12-bore 

 breech-loadmg gun and rifle, and a brace of 

 revolvers, he may consider himself armed with the 

 ne plus ultra of weapons, and may face the most 

 formidable animals of the forest with but little 

 danger to himself Much of the success I have 

 met with in large-game shooting, I may attribute 

 to the excellence of Westley Eichards' arms, with 

 which the Bishop of Bond Street has furnished me 

 for over twenty years. 



The second absolute necessity for a sportsman is 

 a set of Cording's waterproof sheets — a large one, 

 with brass eyelet-holes all round, so that it can 

 serve, in case of necessity, for a tent, and two 

 smaller ones for lying upon. I always slept in a 

 hammock, slung between two trees, with the water- 

 proof stretched, tent-fashion, over it, which is far 

 preferable to lying on the ground, as one is not 

 liable to be invaded by noxious crawling insects 

 and snakes. 



The third requisite is a good, well-shaped, com - 

 fortable saddle, fitted with wallets and dees on which 

 to sling game or supplies. 



